Non-explosive oil-can.



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(Application led Apr. 21, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES PnTnNTlllQF JOHN GRAY, OF IVICKEES ROCKS, AND FREDERIC LEHMANN, OF

ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

NON-EXPLOSIVE OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 644,738, dated March 6, 1900. Application filed April 2l, 1899. Serial No. 713,907. (No model.)

oil-can; and it consists in providing the ordinary oil-can with a tube extending from the exit-nozzle to a pointnear the base of the can and also the provision of a vent to admit air to the said can, together with certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of an ordinary oil-can such as is now in common use, the same being provided with our improved non-explosive attachment. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same, showing the inner tube or passage. Fig. 3 is a modified form of a spout for attachment with any oil-can. Fig. 4 is a front view of the lower end of the tube or passage.

IVe provide an oil-can with our improved device for preventing explosions, the said can being of a type now 'in common use, consisting of the body portion l, the bail 2, the screw-cap 3, and the spout or nozzle 4. This spout or nozzle et is provided at or near its base with a vent or opening 5, (see Fig. 1,) which will permita sufficient amount of air to enter the` can l while the contents are being removed. Connected to the cork filling 4L at the base of this spout 4 is a tube or passage 6, which extends to a point near the base of the can and is the only exit for the oil leaving the same. The entrance at the base of this tube is flared and the exit or upper end somewhat less in diameter than the mouth of the nozzle 4. When the can is tilted, the oil entering the tube or passage 6 will find afreev outlet from the spout el, as the vent 5 will permit sufcient air to enter the can.

lthus held at hay till the oil in the can is practically out of the range of the iire.

At Fig. 3 of the drawings We have shown a modified form of the above-described nozzle 4, which consists in a detachable spout 7, capable of being fitted to the spout of any oil-Y can, the said spout heilig fitted with a cork filling and provided with a vent, as above described.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- A non-explosive oil-can, consisting of the oil-can l, provided with a spout, a vent 5 formed in the said spout at a point near the base of the same, a cork or plug 4' arranged in the interior of the spout located between the vent and the body of the can, an opening through the said cork or plug, a downwardlyextending tube or passage 6 secured in the said opening, said tube or passage terminating at a point near the base of the can, the entrance of which is enlarged to freely admit the Huid, and the exit at the top contracted to a less diameter than the exit of the spout, all arranged and combined for service, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto afiixed our signatures in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN A. GRAY.

FREDERIC LEHMANN.

Witnesses:

JOHN GRonTzINGER, H. E. BLECKER. 

